Nosocomial pneumonia in ventilated trauma patients during stress ulcer prophylaxis with sucralfate, antacid, and ranitidine

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 503-508

  Thomason, Michael H ^a   Payseur, Eugenia S ^a   Hakenewerth, Anne M ^a   Norton, H James ^a   Mehta, Binita ^a   Reeves, T Roland ^a   Moore Swartz, Mary White ^a   Robbins, Paula I ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nosocomial pneumonia; Stress ulcer

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; RANITIDINE; SUCRALFATE;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029835951     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199609000-00020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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